Kent Robinson Wins at Bloomington; Florence Next
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May 28th, 2014
Kent Robinson Wins at Bloomington; Florence Next
Bloomington, Indiana (05/28/14) – After a weekend away from the track Kent Robinson returned to the seat of the #85 Jones Oil/Bandit Race Car Open Wheel Modified on Friday night at Bloomington Speedway (Bloomington, Indiana) in the Josh Burton Memorial, where he came away with his first win of the year.
Twenty competitors entered the event, and Robinson started his night by winning the second heat race to earn the outside pole position for the feature with Devin Gilpin alongside. K-Rob assumed the point at the drop of the green flag, and fought off a hard charging Gilpin for the victory. Gilpin settled in second followed by Derek Groomer, Jake Humphrey, and Jesse Cramer rounding out the top five finishers. Full results from the event are available at www.BloomingtonSpeedway.com .
Sunday evening found the team pitted at the famed Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio) for the American Late Model Series (ALMS) sanctioned Johnny Appleseed Classic. Robinson earned the fourth starting spot for his heat race via his qualifying efforts and charged to the win, earning him the third starting position on the grid for the finale. During the course of the 25 lap feature K-Rob battled at the front of the pack in his #7r JB's Salvage/Club 29/Jay D ickens Racing Engine before crossing the finish line in third behind race winner, Matt Miller and Jeep Van Wormer. Complete results can be found at www.EldoraSpeedway.com .
The weekend drew to a close on Monday evening as Kent returned to the seat of the #85 Jones Oil/Bandit Race Car Open Wheel Modified at Lawrenceburg Speedway (Lawrenceburg, Indiana). Twenty-eight UMP Open Wheel Modifieds entered the event and by way of a heat race win, Robinson locked into the fourth starting spot for the 20 lap feature. In the main event Kent raced his way to a second place finish behind race winner, Matt Hamilton. Full results from the event are available at www.LawrenceburgSpeedway.com .
"It was a great weekend of racing for our team, and it was a huge honor to win the Josh Burton Memorial," Robinson said. "I have to thank the Jones Oil team for always providing me a great ride."
This Saturday, May 31st Kent will take his Super Late Model into battle in the $10,000-to-win, 28th Annual Ralph Latham Memorial, which will be sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS). More information on the event can be found at www.LucasDirt.com .
Kent Robinson Racing would to like to thank all of their sponsors including JB's Salvage, Jay D ickens Racing Engines, Club 29 Race Cars, Keyser Manufacturing, Printworx Graphics, VP Race Fuels, Hoosier Racing Tire, GW Performance, All Star Performance, Schaeffer's, K&N Filters, AFCO, Bell Helmets, Simpson Race Products, Wiles Drive Shafts, Beyea Custom Headers, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.
For more information on Kent Robinson Racing, please visit www.KentRobinsonRacing.com .
